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To ALL WHOM :iT-,MAY ooNcEinv:

Be it known thatIjFRIEDRIcH VILLARD, of Mount Eaton, in the countyofWayne, and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful improvements inCrucible Tongs; and Ldo hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had 'to theannexed drawing', makingpart 'of this specifiction, in 'whichv Figre 1is a perspective view of my improved Crucible tongs closed upon a.crucible and Figure 2 is a. perspective View of the'sameopened to graspa. crucible.

A A are bars of? iron or steellong enough to permit the moulder tonusethe tongs without discomfort from the heet of the furnace, bent at eachend into segments of circles, B C, nearly approachingsemicircles, thelength of thebars being ,perpendicular to the planes of the circles, ofwhich the segments are parts. The segments B are hinged together at D,and the segments are hinged together at E. The radins of the curve ofthe segments Bis of a different length from the radius of .the segmentsC, so, that one pair of tongs may be used for-many different-sizedcrucibles. 'The elasticity of the bers of the tongs,'when compressed bythe hand.

will cramp the segments around e c rucible with suicient force toprevent it from slipping in the tongs when it'. may he canted forpouring at will.

Having thus fully described my improvement, what Iclaim therein asnew,and, desire to secure by Letters The arrangement of the bars A, ndhinged circuler segments B and C, combined together to form one or moreorucibletongs, substantially as described and set forth.

FRIEDRICH VILLARD.'

Witnesses JAMES HUsroN, EMANUEL NICOLET.

